Enslavement:
The True Story of Fanny Kemble - 1999 - TV

Based
on: "Fanny
Kemble: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839."
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Fanny Kemble
is a world-famous actress on a tour in pre-Civil War America. Pierce Butler
is the handsome southern gentleman who sweeps her off her feet. Fanny
thinks she's finally found the love and wealth she's never had, but it
comes with a horrifying price. Pierce's money is made from a brutal slave
plantation in Georgia.

When the
couple moves to the plantation, Fanny is faced with the appalling living
conditions forced on the slaves. When she tries to improve their situation,
she herself is savagely punished. Frustrated and deceived, the time has
come for her to make the ultimate moral choice.

"She
was one of the rarest of women. A prouder nature never affronted the long
humiliation of life. She had from the first, abundantly lived." ~
Henry James

Commentary:

Beyond the
movie in which all the actors play perfectly, you'll recognize a theme
approached several times in Lady Jane's movies: a fight against injustice
in spite of obstacles and the defense of a human being's regard and freedom.
She portrays this behavior in her movies as well as in her life. It's
also because of that we love this great lady.